Philip Levine. Pulitzer winner.
He write of Detroit
And later California shores
Encounters, Jew jabs
Stimulants and bores.
The grinding factory
Old stores torn down.
Coloured districts
Songs Motown.
Auto assembly beat
Smoke never clears.
Long way to Dearborn.
Class conscious smears.
“Arrival and Departure.”
Exceptional release.
Stanzas that provoke;
bring peace.
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Philip Levine
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Philip Levine (b. January 10, 1928, Detroit, Michigan. d. February 14, 2015, Fresno, California) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit.
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Written on April 02, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023
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| Scheme | ABXB XCXC XDXD EFXF EGGX A |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 630 |
| Words | 112 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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